Everton plan on taking fringe players and a number of youngsters to take on Apollon as Allardyce looks to rest as many of his senior stars as possible ahead of Sunday's Merseyside derby against bitter city rivals Liverpool.

The likes of Sandro Ramirez, Davy Klaassen, Muhamed Besic and Joel Robles will all be handed opportunities to impress the club's new management structure, while James McCarthy should see game time as he continues his recovery from a troublesome hamstring strain.

Talented Under-23s and Under-18s stars such as Nathan Broadhead, Harry Charsley, Alex Denny and Fraser Hornby will also form part of the squad as Lee and co run the rule over any more further emerging talents from Everton's youth set up.

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